ninevolt - tales from a complete circuit

E*&9$ K. has listened to Sweetest Kill 29,000 times in her...

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:40:02 -0700

E*&9$ K. has listened to Sweetest Kill 29,000 times in her entire life.

There isn’t a word for walking out of the grocery store with a...

Mon, 13 May 2013 19:57:02 -0700

There isn’t a word for walking out of the grocery store
with a gallon jug of milk in a plastic sack
that should have been bagged in double layers

—so that before you are even out the door
you feel the weight of the jug dragging
the bag down, stretching the thin

plastic handles longer and longer
and you know it’s only a matter of time until the
bottom suddenly splits.

There is no single, unimpeachable word
for that vague sensation of something
moving away from you

as it exceeds its elastic capacity
—which is too bad, because that is the word
I would like to use to describe standing on the street

chatting with an old friend
as the awareness grows in me that he is
no longer a friend, but only an acquaintance,

a person with whom I never made the effort—
until this moment, when as we say goodbye
I think we share a feeling of relief,

a recognition that we have reached
the end of a pretense,
though to tell the truth

what I already am thinking about
is my gratitude for language—
how it will stretch just so much and no farther;

how there are some holes it will not cover up;
how it will move, if not inside, then
around the circumference of almost anything—

how, over the years, it has given me
back all the hours and days, all the
plodding love and faith, all the

misunderstandings and secrets
I have willingly poured into it.

- Tony Hoagland

hodgman: barrylyga: Timeline Photos |...

Mon, 06 May 2013 14:13:56 -0700

hodgman:

barrylyga:

Timeline Photos | Facebook
facebook.com

Seriously.

I am reblogging this in order to put off writing.

BURN.

Mon, 06 May 2013 11:47:32 -0700

BURN.

Slam Dunking the Pultizer

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 09:23:42 -0700

Known To Be Left
By Sharon Olds

If I pass a mirror, I turn away,
I do not want to look at her,
and she does not want to be seen. Sometimes
I don’t see how I’m going to go on doing this.
Often, when I feel that way,
within a few minutes I am crying, remembering
his body, or an area of it,
his backside often, a part of him
perfect to think of, luscious, not too
detailed, and his back turned to me.
After tears, the heart is less sore,
as if some goddess of humanness
within us has caressed us with a gush of tenderness.
I guess that’s how people go on, without
knowing how. I am so ashamed
before my friends–to be known to be left
by the one who supposedly knew me best,
each hour is a room of shame, and I am
swimming, swimming, holding my head up,
smiling, joking, ashamed, ashamed,
like being naked with the clothed, or being
a child, having to try to behave
while hating the terms of your life. In me now
there’s a being of sheer hate, like an angel
of hate. On the badminton lawn, she got
her one shot, pure as an arrow,
while through the eyelets of my blouse the no-see-ums
bit the flesh that no one else
cares to touch. In the mirror, the torso
looks like a pin-up hives martyr
or a cream pitcher speckled with henbit, pussy paws,
full of the milk of human kindness
and unkindness, and no one cares to drink.
But look! I am starting to give him up!
I believe he is not coming back. Something
has died, inside me, believing that,
like the death of a crone in one twin bed
as a child is born in the other. Have faith,
old heart. What is living, anyway,
but dying.

johndarnielle: need this printed on a small card that I can...

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 21:47:32 -0700

johndarnielle:

need this printed on a small card that I can present to people while saying “roughly, this” when they ask me about my religious convictions

johndarnielle: witches of the world should know that the...

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 22:22:42 -0700

johndarnielle:

witches of the world should know that the mountain goats have got your back

4 months.

sfsocialight: eat more. kale. Kale is on the menu everywhere I...

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 20:33:28 -0700

sfsocialight:

eat more. kale.

Kale is on the menu everywhere I go. Why has this tasty green become so popular out of nowhere? (Not that I mind.) But, what happened? I started to believe that maybe there was an overgrowth of kale back on the farms so they had to convince all the restaurants to buy it at the same time to get rid of it. (I swear I’m not a conspiracy theorist.)

Well, as you may have already guessed the above is not the case. The reality is that kale is just super good for you, and hip SF restaurants catch on quick. Here are the top 10 reasons you should eat more kale:

1. High fiber content makes it great for digestion.
2. Kale’s loaded with iron (has more than beef), which helps with liver function, oxygen circulation, and cell growth.
3. It’s high in Vitamin K, which prevents against cancer, blood clotting, and Alzheimer’s disease. It also aids bone health.
4. High antioxidant content. (We all know we want more antioxidants!)
5. Kale’s an anti-inflammatory food. The Omega 3 fatty acids that it contains fight against asthma, arthritis, and autoimmune disorders.
6. It lowers cholesterol levels.
7. Kale’s high in vitamin A, which is great for your vision, lungs, and skin.
8. It’s filled with Vitamin C, which is good for your metabolism, hydration levels, and immune system.
9. Kale has more calcium than milk. Say goodbye to a bloated stomach and hello to bone health.
10. It’s a detox food. The fiber and sulfur make it your body’s best friend after an alcoholic-drink-filled weekend.

(For more about kale’s health benefits check out:http://bit.ly/H9AvoR.)

It used to be an apple a day to keep the doctor away, I’m thinking we need to change that to a kale salad a day…

(To see this post and more check out:http://thesocialight.com/.)

Emily Fault, 2012

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 21:40:57 -0700

Emily Fault, 2012

isawthat: wandrlust: Cook Residence, Louisville, Kentucky,...

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 17:07:16 -0700

isawthat:

wandrlust:

Cook Residence, Louisville, Kentucky, 1977 — Herb Greene

I want to marry a house. Is that OK, Republicans?

very important words to remember

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 20:02:14 -0700

“There was a thing going around Tumblr that I can’t find now because I still don’t totally understand Tumblr, and it was about being a “good abuse victim.” How a “good victim” never gets involved with abusers again. “Good victims” have scars to prove their abuse, they get everything documented, they go right into therapy. They get fixed, they don’t get abused again. “Good victims” publicly call out their abusers… or wait, is it that “good victims” just talk about it with people close to them and work it out themselves and never make a scene? I don’t know, I never did it “right.” I marched around calling myself a Survivor for years which, to me, was like a “better victim,” a stronger one. Cuz when you’re a victim you’re weak and when you’re a survivor you’re strong and you did “good victim” properly and graduated. I said FUCK YOU to victimhood like it was bad. But in retrospect that’s saying there’s a right and wrong way to handle abuse, and that’s bullshit. As a repeat VICTIM of abuse I wanted to look strong even though repeat abuse makes people look weak. But fuck these hierarchies of who handles abuse the best. I am a victim of abuse and I’m surviving,”

Photo

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 15:44:10 -0700

And then Eileen said:

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 21:48:54 -0700

“Poetry is a lapse into everything. A default position for your life.”

Nosebleeds at the Myles reading.

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 18:09:19 -0700

Nosebleeds at the Myles reading.

cinematocat: throwing fruit @ the colonizer w/ ur girl gang

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 22:30:27 -0700

cinematocat:

throwing fruit @ the colonizer w/ ur girl gang

maps that are real because the paths are worn

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 15:20:00 -0700

maps that are real because the paths are worn

The One and Only Wislawa Szymborska

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 11:19:39 -0700

The One and Only Wislawa Szymborska

White Cedar

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 23:03:11 -0700

White Cedar:

“Everybody is in various states of needing to transcend something.”

Sometimes you have to doggedly fight to get yourself back. Forgiveness is brutal.

nolo mortem peccatoris 3/29/13

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:25:07 -0700

nolo mortem peccatoris

3/29/13

- Ellen Bryant Voight the beginning of a very special and...

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 22:33:41 -0700

- Ellen Bryant Voight

the beginning of a very special and important Triduum